I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

The straight-line distance from Dingshui Village to the border town is more than two hundred miles, but the official road was built in a detour to facilitate the transmission of messages from the post station. As a result, the total distance exceeded three hundred miles.

However, because the border town is an important frontier stronghold, it is very important for transporting supplies and transmitting information, so this official road was built very wide.

Jiang Qinyu and his companions naturally took the official road this time. There was a post station every fifty miles along the way.

After reaching the official road, the carriage sped up. The two children leaned against the window and looked out, asking questions one after another.

"Auntie, what place is that?"

“Auntie, where are those people going?”

"Auntie, why are they all looking at us?"

"aunt……"

Jiang Qinyu answered their questions one by one, and then moved to the bedside to look outside.

But after just one look, she didn't want to look at it again.

On both sides of the official road were long queues of refugees, all of them carrying their families and walking with lifeless eyes.

When some people heard the sound of the carriage, they would look towards them, but when they saw Lu Yanzheng's figure in the carriage, which was obviously not someone to be trifled with, they turned their heads away.

"Aunt, they..." Shu Fan looked at Jiang Qinyu hesitantly.

Jiang Qinyu looked up at him and asked, "Shufan, do you think they are pitiful?"

"Yeah," Shu Fan nodded, "I just saw several children who couldn't walk anymore and were crying out for food, but their parents were pulling hay from the ground for them."

Jiang Qinyu touched his head and sighed, "If we had fled the famine back then, we might have faced the same fate as them."

However, these people outside should not be fleeing famine, but returning from it.

She has heard many rumors these days that many of the villages that had previously fled famine have returned.

It’s just that when they went out, the whole village was there, but when they came back, there were only a few people.

Those who live close to Dingshui Village will come to "pay their respects" and hope that Dingshui Village will help them.

But Village Chief Li was very clear about the current situation and never agreed easily. He only opened up the water-carrying rights to those villages that were really in difficulty.

"Auntie, can I give them something to eat?" Pan'er asked innocently. The little girl saw those people outside who had nothing to eat and nothing to wear, walking numbly, and her eyes turned red.

Jiang Qinyu shook her head seriously, and then said to the two of them, "Auntie knows that you are all kind and good children, but kindness can only be a virtue when it can ensure your own safety."

The two nodded ignorantly and looked at her eagerly.

Jiang Qinyu knew they might not understand, so she guided them further, "Are there more people outside than us?"

"Yeah!" They both nodded.

Jiang Qinyu asked again: "Is it true that the food we brought cannot be provided for all of them?"

The two nodded again.

Jiang Qinyu continued, "If we gave food to some of them, such as the elderly and children who looked the most pitiful, do you think they could protect the food they received?"

The two shook their heads hesitantly.

Jiang Qinyu was very relieved and continued, "Yes, even if we gave food to some of them, those who didn't get it would want to snatch it away. Originally, they might be able to hold on for three days, but if we give them food, they might die immediately. Do you understand?"

Shu Fan nodded vigorously, "I understand, Auntie! If we don't have enough food for all of them, then we can't give any to anyone, just like when the people from Xiahe Village came to rob us before!"

After hearing what he said, Pan'er understood, "I understand too. Because we have food, if we don't take it out ourselves, no one will know. If we give it to others, they might come and rob us! So we can't give it to them!"

"Shufan and Pan'er are really smart, that's it." Jiang Qinyu patted their little hands, but couldn't laugh.

Is it fortunate or unfortunate that such a young child has to accept such ideas?

Lu Yanzheng had very good hearing and heard the conversation between the aunt and nephew in the carriage clearly. After listening, he fell silent.

He knew the cruelty of war better than anyone else, but those were all done with real swords and guns. Today's natural disaster has caused such a young child to come into contact with the cruelty of this world. How sad!

That evening, Jiang Qinyu and his companions arrived at the first post station.

Lu Yanzheng was wearing casual clothes and didn't want to alarm the people at the post station, so he stayed there like an ordinary businessman.

"Alas, you can only live here with us. You have to take care of your own food and drink. If you accept it, stay. Otherwise, leave!" The postman at the post station looked at them and sighed.

In ancient times, post stations were all government-run, and the people in charge of their management were also officials, but they were called postmen or postmen.

Jiang Qinyu and Lu Yanzheng exchanged a glance, and Lu Yanzheng stepped forward and said, "Give us a room upstairs. We'll take care of our own food and drink."

"Okay, sir, please wait a moment." The postman was immediately happy when he saw that they did not need to provide food and drink.

Their post station usually does not accept ordinary people to stay overnight, but the weather has been bad in recent years and these postmen have not been able to earn enough to make a living, so they gradually opened the station to the public.

Of course, except for the days when we receive a notice from the court that someone will pass by here.

When Jiang Qinyu heard that he only wanted one room, she quickly tugged at his sleeve and said, "Don't you have any money? Otherwise, we can just take two medium-sized rooms."

They didn't live in the same room when there were no outsiders around. What happened to Lu Yanzheng today?

"I'm worried about you living in a room alone. The situation outside is not good. You saw it today. If anything happens, I'd better stay with you so that I can take care of you." Lu Yanzheng lowered his head and explained in her ear.

Jiang Qinyu's ears felt numb and tingling. Although she remained calm and didn't blush, her heart skipped a beat. She had to admit that Lu Yanzheng's reason convinced her.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Lu Yanzheng followed the postman to the backyard.

Jiang Qinyu also quickly pulled the child to catch up.

After settling them in the room, Lu Yanzheng went to drive the carriage to the barn of the post station.

Seeing this, Jiang Qinyu quickly said, "I'll go with you. There are quite a lot of things."

In order to be more comfortable in the carriage, she put some of her luggage into the space. So she couldn't let Lu Yanzheng get on the carriage first, she had to quickly "smuggle" the things out.

Lu Yanzheng remembered the bag she had received yesterday. He did not refuse. He gave the two children a few words and took Jiang Qinyu out.

Jiang Qinyu only went there once, and then was left in the room by Lu Yanzheng.

"Let me go. You can only carry two bags at a time, which is too slow." Lu Yanzheng blurted out bluntly.

Jiang Qinyu: "..."Brother, this hurts!

But now there was no chance of being exposed, and Jiang Qinyu was happy to have some free time, so she simply left everything to him.

I thought I could sleep well that night, but in the second half of the night, Lu Yanzheng suddenly opened his eyes, turned over neatly, walked to the bed and patted Jiang Qinyu's face.

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